Wednesday, 31 December 2008 – 3:12 pm
Booker told CBS News Radio in an interview today that the planned Obama Stimulus Plan will empower cities to face challenges unique to them: Newark Mayor: Cities Stand To Gain From Obama Stimulus Plan (via @rosepena).
In an interview with CBS News’ Nick Young, Mayor Booker identified some of the priorities the mayors brought to the [...]
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 – 9:39 pm
Cory lights the tree, rallies the troops, and delivers some cringe-worthy jokes.
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 – 5:45 pm
The Sundance Channel will produce a six-episode documentary series about Newark to air summer 2009. The series is backed and may be produced by Forest Whitaker: SUNDANCE CHANNEL SERIES AIMS TO REMAKE NEWARK, NJ.
In what sounds like a non-fiction answer to The Wire, the Sundance Channel will produce Brick City, a docu-series set to explore the [...]
Friday, 21 November 2008 – 5:46 pm
I’ll just pause for a moment to luxuriate in the deliciousness of my three great loves coming together for this one blog post: the City of Newark, Hulu (online, on-demand TV), and Stephen Colbert. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 11 November 2008 – 5:50 pm
Bill Maher Interviews Cory Booker
Much as I can’t stand Bill Maher, he was particularly flattering to the Mayor in his appearance on Real Time last Friday. Maher even suggested Booker could be in the running for President himself in coming elections.
Update: ugh, the video was pulled from YouTube. Here’s an interview Maher conducted [...]
Thursday, 2 October 2008 – 2:45 pm
Remind yourself what smart people sound like before the Veep debates! Cory Booker will be giving a speech tonight at Princeton University. You can watch it live via webstream at 8pm this evening.
Sponsored jointly by the Center for African American Studies and Princeton University Press, the Toni Morrison Lectures will be held annually and [...]
Tuesday, 23 September 2008 – 11:13 pm
Bringing More Opportunities to Newark
Speaking of investment, Mayor Booker shares some of the benefits of moving your business to Newark on his blog.
Newark has so many competitive advantages — they are magnified now in this economy. Our biggest advantages are cost and location — we are the lowest cost location in the region, and so [...]
Friday, 19 September 2008 – 9:04 am
Newark Mayor Seeks to Profit Amid Wall Street Woes
When the market gives him lemons, Cory Booker makes economic development. City Hall’s marketing arm is looking to draw businesses out of Manhattan to boost tax revenue and stabilize the city budget. This Bloomberg piece provides an overview of Newark’s recent history — the construction [...]
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 – 7:52 am
It is good to be green!
The Mayor shares his experience at the Green Summit (hat tip: Green Jersey). I’m seeing more and more expectations that the green movement — similar to the dot com boom (and hopefully minus the bust) — is capable of producing innovation that will ultimately create jobs and drive finance [...]
Monday, 8 September 2008 – 10:12 pm
“Cory Booker Has a Blog”:http://blog.corybooker.com/
Peek into the thoughts (”and datebook”:http://blog.corybooker.com/?p=46) of Mayor Cory Booker at his new blog. There have yet to be any cat photos, and it’s unclear whether the Mayor will be Twittering his every move (”OMG! Star Trek TNG Marathon this weekend for realz!!1!!one!”).
But this will doubtless be a welcome [...]
Monday, 8 September 2008 – 6:56 am
Council seat to be filled, one way or another
I disagree with Rahaman Muhammad’s implication below that a Booker opponent in the Central Ward means blood in the water for his 2010 mayoral campaign. The issues are still the issues, and while the murder rate is drops 40% year over year, the mayor will sail [...]
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 – 12:06 pm
“The next Barack Obama?”:http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/08/28/booker/index.html?source=refresh
Speaking of memes, if Barack Obama wins the presidential race, headlines like this can only help Mayor Booker’s prospects.
Anyone seeking stealth inspiration and a bit of political passion, not to mention a dose of intellect that makes Barack Obama sound like Dan Quayle would have been very lucky, as Salon was, to [...]
Monday, 25 August 2008 – 9:29 pm
“Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting”:http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080822_240216.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories
BusinessWeek picks up on the tech enforcement meme kicked off by TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington. This upbeat piece connects the dots between crime prevention and economic development. (Hat tip to Bill Chappel for the link)
Already though, the business community is beginning to throw its weight behind Booker’s plan. [...]
Thursday, 14 August 2008 – 12:32 pm
“Heads Up: Mayor Booker on WBGO’s Newark Today”:http://www.wbgo.org/ontheair/2007/NewarkToday_CoryBooker_DCruz.php
Mayor Booker to make a guest appearance with David Cruz on Newark Today on WBGO 88.3 FM. Newark Today will air at 8 p.m. and is hosted by anchor/reporter David Cruz. The call-in show enables listeners to speak directly with the mayor live.
On the next Newark Today, [...]
Sunday, 3 August 2008 – 9:35 pm
“Preventing Crime With Tech: The Newark Experiment”:http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/02/preventing-crime-with-tech-the-newark-experiment/
TechCrunch editor, and personal hero, Mike Arrington interviews Mayor Cory Booker regarding the impact of the $3.1 million Community Eye project, which is a blanket of wireless, high-resolution cameras.
Booker counts the the cameras as one of the key components of the city’s 40% drop in the murder [...]
